On 10.11.2007 00:32, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > [...] > My computer/mainboard @work has such a "broken" BIOS. Of the 5 > SATA-Ports this MB has only 1 (and 1 "missing" that is reported by > linux but i can't find on the MB) is configured as AHCI [...]
There is nothing "broken" here. You have a ICH8 (without R) that drives four SATA ports, which are handled by ata_piix. Then you have a Jmicron JMB363 -- it handles the PATA-Channel and two SATA-Ports -- one internal (near the battery)/next to the PCI-Slot and a external eSATA port. Seems you configured it in AHCI-Mode in the BIOS-Setup. Linux will work just fine if you connect the hard disc to that port. But if you want to install Windows XP you need a driver from Jmicron. There were BIOSes for the P5B where you could enabled AHCI for the ICH8 as well. It seems Asus removed it in the later BIOS-versions again as Intel doesn't provide a Windows-AHCI driver for the basic ICH8. HTH and clarifies some of your problems. Cu knurd -- Thorsten Leemhuis c't- Magazin für Computertechnik web http://www.heise.de/ct/ Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH&Co.KG phone +49 (0)511 5352 666 Helstorfer Str. 7 icq 140593172 D-30625 Hannover, Germany jabber [EMAIL PROTECTED] /* Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Hannover HRA 26709; Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: Heise Zeitschriften Verlag Geschäftsführung GmbH, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Hannover, HRB 60405 Geschäftsführer: Ansgar Heise, Steven P. Steinkraus, Dr. Alfons Schräder */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
